Client Service - Tapa dura

'This book is a rarity, at once deeply serious and absurdly enjoyable ... Read it now, before the next wave of irrational exuberance drowns us all.' --Maggie Gee, Independent

World of Finance is enjoying the zenith of its prosperity, its 15,000 salesmen making three new presentations a minute in more than a 100 countries. They expect the public offering of the company s shares to make them multi-millionaires by validating the value of their stock options paper exchanged for their commissions and overrides. Alas, the company s schemes the fraudulent mark-ups of its sponsored funds to generate performance fees , the swindles masquerading as underwritings and property trading are unraveling. It squanders the proceeds of the public offering supporting its shares and arranging tax shelters for Key Executives . The barometer is falling, clouds are gathering, the skies darkening.

Set in the sixties, and drawing on Tucker's own experience, Client Service could not be a more relevant or entertaining lens through which to view the current financial crisis.